The VR space has changed quite a bit since then, and Microsoft hasn't shown much progress. The HoloLens division was ...

And this is the simplified approach Microsoft is applying to the next step in computing as well: virtual reality. When Facebook's VR solution, the Oculus Rift, launches in early 2016, your Windows ...

The idea is that only Microsoft, with its top-of-class HoloLens tech, is capable of offering both augmented reality and virtual reality in the same transcendent device (one manufactured in various ...

IVAS was initially awarded to Microsoft in 2018 to develop augmented reality headsets for soldiers based on a ruggedized version of Hololens. The initial budget for IVAS was set at $21.9 billion.

However, feature deprecation means the component may remain available for some time, and that is the case with Microsoft's failed VR platform. The company published new details about Windows Mixed ...

Microsoft wants people to refer to a slew of new headsets from the likes of Samsung, HP, Lenovo, and more as "mixed reality." But right now it's a whole lot like VR.

If you ever thought about virtually wandering through Minecraft‘s Overworld in a VR headset, think again. Those days are over, at least from Microsoft’s perspective. To be fair, Microsoft ...

Hardly any other game is as suitable for virtual reality as "Minecraft". Nevertheless, Microsoft has now ended VR support.

Microsoft’s future depends in part on its development of fringe technology like augmented reality and artificial intelligence, according to Vice President Stephen Boyle. Boyle evangelized ...

Is Mixed Reality The Future Of Computing? We talked to Microsoft's Alex Kipman and other industry leaders about what the blending of real and virtual means for human interaction with tech.

Current trends related to AR and VR bode well for its adoption by industrial companies. Devices are getting cheaper and more physically robust. In addition to Google Glass and Microsoft Hololens, ...